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dogmombyday RN

CCRN, ATCN certified

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dogmombyday is a RN and specializes in CCRN, ATCN certified.


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  1. RN Gen Z vs RN Gen X

    OP, not at all trying to pile on. I am sure that your preceptor was not, by any means, perfect. However, based on your own words and justification of your behavior (saying you “shut down” and refused to acknowledge her, but then saying you have no an...
  2. Do you recommend a year of med/surg in 2021?

    I strongly disagree with that, and very much agree with the other poster who said it turns med/surg into nothing more than a stepping stone. There are nurses who have worked med/surg for 30 years and that is their specialty. I think that way of think...
  3. Unfortunately, I don’t think Mississippi is going to be the only state losing nurses in droves. And the nurse quoted in the article summed it up so well. At first, we were heroes, and now a lot of people think we’re part of some governmental scheme t...
  4. "But most of all, angry"

    I don’t know many of us that aren’t angry. I know I am. And frustrated and scared and sad and a lot of other things. I work in an ICU, so we see the worst of the worst cases of COVID. As of my last shift a few days ago, only one out of all of our int...
  5. New RN Questioning Leaving Hospital Setting

    Baby Turtle, First of all, can I just say good job on being brave enough to try out the hospital as a new nurse during this crazy time?! The first year is rough in general but add a pandemic on top of it? Oof. I do not envy you. When I was a new...
  6. Is ICU worth the stress?

    In short, yes, it’s worth it...BUT only if it’s where you’re supposed to be. I think the only one who can answer that is you. If you’re truly happy in your job, then stay. But if you think there’s always going to be a part of you that wishes you coul...
  7. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    Working, absolutely. I'm halfway through my first year and it is nothing like nursing school. It feels like my brain is whirring a million miles a minute most of the time. No number of lectures can make you realize the sheer amount of responsibility ...
  8. Kicking myself

    Thank you very much, that's very kind. I know everyone makes mistakes it's just tough to make them yourself
  9. Kicking myself

    Thank you for the kind words, I have to work on the whole Not-beating-myself-up part (I'm a little type a at times í ½í¸‚)
  10. Kicking myself

    I made the surgeon aware of it, since it was my error. I saw no reason not to own up to it. He didn't seem to understand my freaking out and they were able to proceed with the procedure since it ended up being off for so long (surgery was done this e...
  11. Kicking myself

    The orders were acknowledged on the previous shift. The patient's been with us for a while so the list of orders for him is long. Regardless, I should've caught it, but thankfully I checked back with my coworker about it an hour or so later (couldn't...
  12. Kicking myself

    (This is basically just to vent, but I digress) I had my first ****show of a night last night and thought that I handled it very well. I mean like to the point that I didn't sit for the first half of my shift and felt like I literally just ran in pla...
  13. New Grad ICU

    Agreed. I was offered a spot in the ICU at the end of my new grad fellowship but it came with a very intense 9 week orientation...and that's after 2 months of the general new grad fellowship working on different units. I know my unit (in general) ran...
  14. Job during nursing school=job after graduation?

    While it can sometimes be an "in", make sure it's a unit you'll want to stay on. I worked a year in behavioral health because I was told during my interview for the position that it would be a great stepping stone and that the hospital loves to hire ...
  15. Propofol Infusion syndrome?